2013 Application Security Survey - Draft

Page 1. Introduction

Thank you for taking the time to participate in the second annual CISO Global Application Security Survey (GASS), created by the Open Web Application Security Project (OWASP).

There is no question that application security has become a serious concern in almost every industry. We created this survey to provide you with an opportunity to compare your organization with others on important application security issues and gain insights for making key decisions.

The GASS questionnaire consists of 17 questions concerning application security. They relate to investments and challenges, threats and risks, tools and technology, and governance and control within your organization. Your participation in responding to this questionnaire should require less than 20 minutes of your time.

At the conclusion of the survey, the combined results will be publicly available on the owasp.org website. And no identifiable individual responses collected in this questionnaire will be disclosed in the published survey report.

Page 2. Instructions

All responses in this survey are optional, but for the completeness of the report, please try to respond to all questions in the questionnaire. Please feel free to add additional information and views from colleagues in your organization.

Deadline for submission of the completed survey is 31 January, 2013.

Thank you for your participation!

Page 3. Threats and Risks

1. Given the current threat landscape and economic environment, do you perceive a change in the threats facing your organization? (choose all that apply)
[1-3, increase, same, decrease, don't know)
External attacks or fraud(e.g., phishing, website attacks)
Internal attacks or fraud (e.g., abuse of privileges, theft of information)
No changes noted

2. Targeting (Infrastructure vs. Applications):
In the your current threat lanscape, what are the main areas of risk for your organisation in % out of 100% in total:
Infrastructure %
Application %
Other %

3. Compared to 12 months ago, do you see a change in these areas:
[1-3, increase, same, decrease, don't know)
Infrastructure
Application
Other

Page 4. Threats and Risks (continued)

4. From the following list, which are the top five sources of application security risk within your organization?
(Please mark your top area of risk with a "1," your second with a "2," your third with a "3," your fourth with a "4," and your fifth with a "5")
Insecure source code development
Lack of awareness of application security issues within the organization
Poor/inadequate testing methodologies
Poor change control and version control procedures
Lack of budget to support application security initiatives
Poor deployment and configuration
Programs and projects (e.g., budget overruns, delays, poor quality)
Staffing (e.g., lack of security skills within team)
Third-party suppliers and outsourcing (e.g., lack of security, lack of assurance)
Other (please specify)

5. Regarding your top five areas of application security risk (above), which of the following statements best describes your organization's planned investment in these areas in the coming 12 months? (choose one)
Increasing level of investment planned
Decreasing level of investment planned
Relatively constant level of investment planned

Page 5. Investments and Challenges

6. Which of the following statements best describes your organization's annual investment in application security? (choose one)
o Increasing as a percentage of total expenditures
o Decreasing as a percentage of total expenditures
o Relatively constant as a percentage of total expenditures

7. Is your organization spending more on application security in response to a breach or security incident related to a web application? (choose one)
Yes No

Page 6. Investments and Challenges (continued)

8. Please indicate your top five application security priorities for the coming 12 months from the following list. (Specify your top 5 priorities, marking your top priority with a "1," your second priority with a "2," etc.)

Page 12. Governance and Control

16. Does your organization have a documented application security strategy?
Yes
No

17. For how long does this application security strategy plan ahead?
3 months, 6 months, 1 year, 2 years, 3 years, 5 years+

18. Your application security strategy: (choose all that apply)
...has been reviewed and updated within the past 12 months
...is aligned with, or integrated into, the organization's business strategy
...is aligned with, or integrated into, the organization's IT strategy
...outlines our key security activities for the next 12 months

Page 13. Governance and Control (continued)

19. Which of the following statements best describes your organization's application security strategy in regards to the risks associated with the increased use of social networking, personal devices, or cloud computing? (choose one)
Our current application security strategy adequately addresses the risks
We need to modify our strategy to address the new risks
We need to investigate further to understand the risks
We do not see any new or increased risks associated with these technologies

20. Has your organization implemented an Application Security Management System (ASMS) or Maturity Model (e.g., OWASP SAMM) that covers overall management of application security? (choose one)
Yes, implemented and formally certified/verified by a third party
Yes, without verification
Yes, currently in the process of implementing
No, but considering it
No, and not considering it

Page 15. Governance and Control (continued)

22. How does your organization assess the quality and effectiveness of application security? (choose all that apply)
Internal self assessments by IT or application security function
Assessments performed by other internal function
Assessment by external party/third party
Formal certification to external security standards
Formal certification to industry security standards (e.g., Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard)
Code review and metrics
No assessments performed

23. How do you verify that your external partners, service providers or contractors are protecting your organization's information from an application security standpoint? (choose all that apply)
Assessments performed by your organization's application security, procurement or internal audit function (e.g., site visits, security testing)
Independent external assessments of partners, vendors or contractors
Self assessments or other certifications performed by partners, vendors, or contractors
No reviews or assessments performed

Page 17: Wishes and suggestions

And last but not least, all your feedback is very important to us and the community is continuously striving to improve.
If you could wish freely, what kind of OWASP project, guidance or tool would you like to see in the future that could really improve your daily life and operation around web and application security?

Page 18. This Completes the Survey

This completes the survey. We would appreciate just a few personal and professional details so that we can better relate the data to industry and type of organisations. This will also provide you an opportunity to leave your contact information if you would like us to follow up with you regarding the survey results. Once again, all responses are optional.
Yes, I am willing to take a couple more minutes to assist with survey benchmarking.
No, I prefer to exit the survey at this point.

Page 20. Organization Information

Total number of employees: (choose one)
Less than 1,000
1,000 to 9,999
10,000 to 49,999
50,000 to 100,000
More than 100,000

Annual revenue (in USD): (choose one)
Less than $100 million
$100 million to $249 million
$250 million to $499 million
$500 million to $999 million
$1 billion to $9 billion
$10 billion to $24 billion
More than $24 billion
Not applicable